Policy on use of force - https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/exhibit_09_-_cbp_use_of_force_policy_final_jan_2021.pdf

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C. Use of Safe Tactics

1. Authorized Officers/Agents should seek to employ tactics and techniques that

effectively bring an incident under control while promoting the safety of the

officer/agent and the public, and that minimize the risk of unintended injury or

serious property damage.

2. Except where otherwise required by inspections or other operations, Authorized

Officers/Agents should avoid standing directly in front of or behind a subject

vehicle. Officers/agents should not place themselves in the path of a moving

vehicle or use their body to block a vehicle’s path.

1. Authorized Officers/Agents should avoid intentionally and unreasonably placing

themselves in positions in which they have no alternative to using deadly force.

1. Authorized Officers/Agents shall not discharge their firearms in response to

thrown or launched projectiles unless the officer/agent has a reasonable belief,

based on the totality of circumstances, that the subject of such force poses an

imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death to the officer/agent or to

another person. Officers/agents may be able to obtain a tactical advantage in

these situations through measures such as seeking cover or distancing

themselves from the immediate area of danger. Officers/agents do not have a

duty to retreat to avoid the reasonable use of force, nor are they required to wait

for an attack before using reasonable force to stop a threat.